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Subjects, Predicates, and Objects. Review: Parts of Speech. Write the sentences in the blank space provided, and label each word with its part of speech. Circus parades were long and elaborate. They arrived in town by train. Night parades seemed especially exciting.
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Review: Parts of Speech Write the sentences in the blank space provided, and label each word with its part of speech. • Circus parades were long and elaborate. • They arrived in town by train. • Night parades seemed especially exciting. • Wow! Those electric lights and torches glowed so brightly! • Animals rode in velvet-draped cages.
Review: Parts of Speech • Circus (adj) parades (N) were (V) long (adj) and (conj) elaborate (adj). • They (pro) arrived (v) in (prep) town (n) by (prep) train (n) • Night (adj) parades (n) seemed (v) especially (adv) exciting (adj). • Wow! (int) those (adj) electric (adj) lights (n) and (conj) torches (n) glowed (v) so (adv) brightly (adv). • Animals (n) rode (v) in (prep) velvet-draped (adj) cages (n).
Complete Subjects and Predicates • A sentence is a group of words with two main parts: a complete subject and a complete predicate. • Together, these parts express a complete thought.
Complete Subjects and Predicates • A complete subject is the noun, pronoun, or group of words acting as a noun, plus any modifiers, that tells who or what the sentence is about. • The complete predicate is the verb or verb phrase, plus any modifiers or complements, that tells what the complete subject of the sentence does or is.
Complete Subjects and Predicates Cowboys roamed. Buffalo Bill delivered mail. Pony express riders carried packages more than 2000 miles. The service lasted for eighteen months.
Complete Subjects and Predicates Although the complete subject usually comes first, occasionally part of a complete predicate will be found at the beginning of a sentence with the rest at the end. Yesterday my social studies class visited a Wild West exhibit. At the exhibit, we saw a collection of Wild West memorabilia.
Exercise 1: Recognizing Complete Subjects and Predicates Ellen and her friends visited the Museum of Modern Art. You will need a good college dictionary and some other reference texts. Rounding the bend, we saw the old village store under an immense tree. Everyone must pass the same entrance examinations. The end of the play was not at all surprising.
Exercise 1: Recognizing Complete Subjects and Predicates Ellen and her friends visited the Museum of Modern Art. You will need a good college dictionary and some other reference texts. Rounding the bend, we saw the old village store under an immense tree. Everyone must pass the same entrance examinations. The end of the play was not at all surprising.
Exercise 1: Recognizing Complete Subjects and Predicates Ellen and her friends visited the Museum of Modern Art. You will need a good college dictionary and some other reference texts. Rounding the bend, we saw the old village store under an immense tree. Everyone must pass the same entrance examinations. The end of the play was not at all surprising.
Exercise 1: Recognizing Complete Subjects and Predicates Ellen and her friends visited the Museum of Modern Art. You will need a good college dictionary and some other reference texts. Rounding the bend, we saw the old village store under an immense tree. Everyone must pass the same entrance examinations. The end of the play was not at all surprising.
Exercise 1: Recognizing Complete Subjects and Predicates Ellen and her friends visited the Museum of Modern Art. You will need a good college dictionary and some other reference texts. Rounding the bend, we saw the old village store under an immense tree. Everyone must pass the same entrance examinations. The end of the play was not at all surprising.
Exercise 1: Recognizing Complete Subjects and Predicates Ellen and her friends visited the Museum of Modern Art. You will need a good college dictionary and some other reference texts. Rounding the bend, we saw the old village store under an immense tree. Everyone must pass the same entrance examinations. The end of the play was not at all surprising.
Exercise 2 • Choose to lead the team. • Suddenly, at the crack of dawn. • The house is fenced on three sides. • The assistant principal of the high school. • Near the top of the mountain range. S F S F F
Simple Subjects and Predicates • The simple subject is the essential noun, pronoun, or group of words acting as a noun that cannot be left out of the complete subject. • The simple predicate is the essential verb or verb phrase that cannon be left out of the complete predicate.
Exercise 3: Subjects and Verbs Draw a vertical line between the complete subject and complete predicate. Underline each simple subject once and each simple verb twice. • Cattle herders worked up to twenty hours a day. • They drove cattle up and down the Chisholm Trail. • Sources of water were sometimes not easily found. • Natural predators hunted the cattle. • Wild buffalo stampedes often occurred late at night.
Cattle herders |worked up to twenty hours a day. • They drove cattle up and down the Chisholm trail. • Sources of water were sometimes not easily found. • Natural predators hunted the cattle. • Wild buffalo stampedes often occurred late at night.
Cattle herders |worked up to twenty hours a day. • They | drove cattle up and down the Chisholm trail. • Sources of water were sometimes not easily found. • Natural predators hunted the cattle. • Wild buffalo stampedes often occurred late at night.
Cattle herders |worked up to twenty hours a day. • They | drove cattle up and down the Chisholm trail. • Sources of water | were sometimes not easily found. • Natural predators hunted the cattle. • Wild buffalo stampedes often occurred late at night.
Cattle herders |worked up to twenty hours a day. • They | drove cattle up and down the Chisholm trail. • Sources of water | were sometimes not easily found. • Natural predators | hunted the cattle. • Wild buffalo stampedes often occurred late at night.
Cattle herders |worked up to twenty hours a day. • They | drove cattle up and down the Chisholm trail. • Sources of water | were sometimes not easily found. • Natural predators | hunted the cattle. • Wild buffalo stampedes | often occurred late at night.
Subjects in Different Kinds of Sentences • In most sentences, the subject comes before the verb. This is called normal word order. • In some sentences, however, the verb comes first, and the word order is inverted. • If there is a problem finding the subject, change the sentence back to normal word order, placing the subject first.
Exercise 4 • There are three strange men in your office. • Have the grandparents arrived yet? • Near the bank of the river was an old canoe. • Where can my notebooks be? • Here are the books from the library.
Exercise 4 • There are three strange men in your office. • Have the grandparents arrived yet? • Near the bank of the river was an old canoe. • Where can my notebooks be? • Here are the books from the library.
Exercise 4 • There are three strange men in your office. • Have the grandparentsarrived yet? • Near the bank of the river was an old canoe. • Where can my notebooks be? • Here are the books from the library.
Exercise 4 • There are three strange men in your office. • Have the grandparentsarrived yet? • Near the bank of the river was an old canoe. • Where can my notebooks be? • Here are the books from the library.
Exercise 4 • There are three strange men in your office. • Have the grandparentsarrived yet? • Near the bank of the river was an old canoe. • Where can my notebooksbe? • Here are the books from the library.
Exercise 4 • There are three strange men in your office. • Have the grandparentsarrived yet? • Near the bank of the river was an old canoe. • Where can my notebooksbe? • Here are the books from the library.
